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Coronavirus: Government misses testing target for 3rd day in a row
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mirror.co.ukThe government has failed to hit its 100,000 tests a day target for the third day in a row. Matt Hancock promised the UK would get to 100,000 tests a day by the end of April.
Ministers claimed victory on passing the 100,000 a day target on Friday, despite counting tens of thousands of tests which had only sent out by courier, not analysed by labs.
But since then the government has failed to hit the target figure. Some 84,806 tests were carried out on Monday. Just 85,186 tests were provided on Sunday and only 76,496 on Saturday - a day after the government met its target.
While thousands of those will have been at-home tests, which are counted as they are dispatched by courier, rather than when the test is actually performed.
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